Mens C team record a fifth straight win in remarkable winter league campaign

Halesowen Tennis Club's Mens C team's win over Worcester's I team on Sunday, means the side have now won five matches in a row by a 10-0 scoreline.

The side are captained by Ed Dando and following on from a torrid summer campaign that saw them narrowly avoid relegation from the Birmingham Area League Divison Eight.

The team are currently in their first winter league since the 2022/23 season, due to the their withdrawal from competition last year due to an insufficient amount of players.

They finished 8th in Divison Nine in their last winter campaign, but upon their reinstation to the competition, they were required to compete in the lowest level of mens play in Division Twelve.

Ed Dando's side seem to be on the right track to rise back up the divisions, as they have started this year with five wins out of five, recording a maximum of 50 points.

They started off with a whitewash victory away to Far Forest's B team, before another three 10-0 victories over Worcester's H team, Bromsgrove's I team, where they only dropped 14 games, and Droitwich's G team before last weekends win.

Standout performers Tom Osman and Jake McCloskey have paired up for all five matches, Tom and Jake have missed just one of the 13 matches, the side have played so far this 2024/25 season.

After not being picked to play as a pairing throughout the summer league, the Mens captain had a change of heart coming into the winter league. Since he picked them to play in their first match as a pair back in September, they have failed to drop over the 10 they've played, withtheir most convincing rubber wins, coming with four 6-1, 6-0 wins.

Another standout, Ben King, who has featured in four games, failing to drop a single rubber